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    • Putin pledges to cut officials' traffic privileges (AP)

      Russian Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin addresses election activists in Moscow on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Government Press Service)AP - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Tuesday pledged to cut traffic privileges for officials, who routinely bypass Moscow's notorious traffic jams by ignoring basic rules of the road and even driving into oncoming lanes.


    • Russians Rally for and Against Putin, Despite an Icy Day (Time.com)
      Time.com - The weather was frightful, but tens of thousands of people showed up in Russia's capital for dueling demonstrations -- though one side may have made appearing hard to refuse
    • Russia's Lavrov says Assad aware of responsibility (Reuters)
      Reuters - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov began talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday by saying Moscow wants Arab peoples to live in peace and the Syrian leader is aware of his responsibility, Russian news agency RIA reported.
    • Italian industries see cuts in Russian gas (AP)
      AP - Italy announced emergency energy measures Monday, cutting gas supplies to some industries to make sure that private homes stayed warm during a severe cold spell.
    • Fire at Moscow nuclear institute, Russia says no risk (Reuters)
      Reuters - There was no risk of a radiation leak after a fire broke out at a Moscow nuclear research center housing a non-operational 60-year-old atomic reactor Sunday, said officials, but Greenpeace Russia expressed serious concern about the incident.
    • Anti-Putin protesters show staying power in Russia (Reuters)
      Reuters - Vladimir Putin's opponents vowed on Sunday to press on with demonstrations against his 12-year domination of Russia after tens of thousands attended a march which kept up the momentum of their protest movement.
    • Moscow support for Assad well-calculated (AP)

      Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks at his meeting with local residents in the village Rosa in the Chelyabinsk region in the Ural Mountains, about 1500 kilometers (950 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Government Press Service)AP - The price Russia will have to pay in international condemnation of its action clearly doesn't seem excessive to the Russian leaders. In fact, the Kremlin even may hope to reap some dividends both at home and abroad by coming to Assad's defense.


    • Russia protest movement shows its staying power with massive rally (The Christian Science Monitor)
      The Christian Science Monitor - Defying predictions that Russia's protest movement had run out of steam, or that bone-chilling winter cold would keep them away, tens of thousands of people converged on downtown Moscow Saturday to demand fair elections and an end to political corruption.       Estimates of the pro-democracy crowd ranged from a police tally of 35,000 up to a claim of 120,000 by organizers, but it was big enough to put to rest any doubts that the surging mood of protest, which erupted after allegedly fixed December parliamentary elections, is still running strong.       The thermometer showed -20 degrees C. (-4 F), cold enough to freeze unprotected fingers in less than 5 minutes, but marchers seemed in high spirits, waving signs that said, "We won't freeze and we won't forgive," "Down with autocracy," and "Not a single vote to (Vladimir) Putin."
    • Russians stage rival protests over Putin (Reuters)
      Reuters - Tens of thousands of Russians defied bitter cold in Moscow on Saturday to demand fair elections in a march against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, while supporters of the prime minister staged a rival rally drawing comparable numbers.
    • Tens of thousands rally against Putin's rule (AP)

      Demonstrators gather for a massive protest against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's rule in Bolotnaya square in Moscow, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 . Thousands of Russians are taking to the streets of Moscow to demand an end to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's rule, challenging his bid to reclaim presidency in March. The protest expected to draw tens of thousands despite temperatures plunging to minus 20 C (minus 4 F). Banner reads: 'Vladimir, you smell bad and our roads are different' (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr )AP - Their frozen breath rising in the brutally frigid air, tens of thousands of protesters marched through downtown Moscow on Saturday to keep up the pressure on Prime Minister Vladimir Putin one month before a presidential election that could extend his rule for six more years.


    • Missile defense cooperation could be "game-changer" (Reuters)
      Reuters - Missile defense, an issue that has poisoned U.S.-Russia relations, could be a "game-changer" that transforms ties if the two sides cooperate on a shared system, says a report by former top officials from both sides of the Atlantic.
    • Russia: still 2 big problems with Syria resolution (AP)

      US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton , left, and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meet for bilateral talks at the Security Conference on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 in Munich, Germany. Politicians and military representatives join the 48. Munich Security conference from Friday, Feb. 3 until Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)AP - Moscow still sees two problems of "crucial importance" with a draft U.N. resolution on the violence in Syria, Russia's foreign minister said Saturday amid Western attempts to head off a Russian veto in the Security Council.


    • Russia admits brief cut of gas supplies to Europe (AP)

      Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on gas supplies to Europe in Moscow, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. Russia's state-controlled Gazprom natural gas giant acknowledged for the first time Saturday that it had briefly reduced gas supplies to Europe amid a spell of extreme cold. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Government Press Service)AP - Russia's state-controlled Gazprom natural gas giant acknowledged for the first time Saturday that it had briefly reduced gas supplies to Europe amid a spell of extreme cold.


    • Russia warns of "scandal" in U.N. Syria vote (Reuters)
      Reuters - Russia sought to delay a U.N. Security Council vote on a resolution aimed at ending the bloodshed in Syria, warning on Saturday of a "scandal" if the current draft was put to council members, the Itar-Tass news agency reported.
    • Russia opposition fears cold snap to shrink protest (Reuters)
      Reuters - Russian opposition leaders said on Friday that unusually cold weather threatened to cut numbers at a protest against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule planned for Saturday.
    • Putin campaign focuses on working classes (AP)

      Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speak before a Security Council meeting in the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Vladimir Rodionov, Government Press Service)AP - Clad in a bomber jacket, Vladimir Putin walks briskly into a new railway car plant, greets workers and pushes a button to launch production.


    • Kiev blames Moscow for Europe gas cutbacks (AP)

      FILE- A gas pipeline worker, checks the valves at the gas pumping station at Pisarevka, Russia, in this file photo dated Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009. European nations, that get much of their natural gas supplies from a trans-Russia-Ukraine pipeline, reported significant cutbacks in supplies Thursday Feb. 2, 2012, although the cut is disputed by Ukraine, as winter temperatures across Europe plunged to record lows. (AP Photo/Svetlana Kozlenko, file)AP - Ukraine's government is blaming Russia for natural gas shortages in some European countries as a severe cold spell grips the region.


    • Russia's Putin courts investors with compensation pledge (Reuters)
      Reuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sought on Thursday to win the support of small investors for his bid to return to the Kremlin by promising to make good losses on shares they bought in the 2007 stock market float of VTB bank.
    • Russian FM assails EU foreign policy chief (AP)
      AP - The Foreign Ministry is accusing the European Union foreign policy chief of interfering in Russia's internal affairs in her statement on the Russian election.
    • Banner facing Kremlin tells Russia's Putin to go (Reuters)
      Reuters - Opponents of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin erected a huge banner reading "Putin, go away" on a rooftop facing the Kremlin Wednesday in a bold display of disapproval of his plan to return to the presidency in an election next month.